Apoptosis induction of Centella asiatica on human breast cancer cells

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Babykutty, Suboj ^a   Padikkala, Jose ^b   Sathiadevan, Priya Prasanna ^d   Vijayakurup, Vinod ^d   Abdul Azis, Thasni Karedath ^c   Srinivas, Priya ^c   Gopala, Srinivas ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Centella asiatica

Indexed keywords

ANNEXIN; CELL DNA; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; METHANOL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NICK END LABELING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 58649091994     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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